The potential accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Agreement may not be discussed during the upcoming Justice and Home Affairs Council sitting, according to a high-level EU diplomat.

Serbian President Boris Tadić told Italian journalists on Monday in Trieste that he hopes Serbia will become a candidate for EU membership in March. But that even if the decision is postponed once again, said he, the country will not give up on its pro-European orientation.

Experts teams from the two sides will meet in Brussels to talk about implementation of the border management deal that they reached on December 2. The negotiating teams are set to meet once more before year’s end to flesh out the